Maryland test scores nation's most improved

Maryland tops the nation in student improvement, making it a trendsetter for the rest of the country, according to a Harvard University study released Monday.

“If the United States had moved at the same rate as Maryland, it would have been moving at the same rate as some of the fastest-improving countries in the world,” said Paul Peterson, one of three authors on the study produced by Harvard’s Program on Education Policy and Governance and the journal Education Next. “We certainly could have made some serious strides in the U.S., as other world leaders have been.”